Yun Zheng has always believed that you should concentrate on whatever you do. For example, if you are fighting a war now, just concentrate on fighting and don't do so many strange things. It is obvious that you only need to persist in seven days to complete things. There is no need to be lazy and try to find tricks. There are always tricks.
It comes with risks. When fighting, Yun Zheng is more conservative than those veterans.
After killing the Jiaozhi envoy, the Jiaozhi army immediately came to retaliate. They seemed to be prepared this time. Some small catapults were pushed in. More than 100,000 Jiaozhi people were guarding outside the valley, so they had enough
Human hands do everything.
Once the trebuchet is not big enough and the swing arm is not long enough, the stone will not be thrown far. A stone the size of a human head fell ten feet away from the military stronghold, which attracted the ridicule of all Wu Shengjun. The small trebuchet on the city wall started
A dozen gunpowder bombs flew over, and the catapult turned into a pile of rotten wood. Yun Zheng smiled bitterly when he saw such a scene. He couldn't make a cannon, otherwise one shot would solve the problem.
Now it takes more than a dozen bombs to cover it up.
Gunpowder bombs are a new threat to the Cochin people. They have never paid attention to this weapon. Nong Zhigao suffered a lot from the gunpowder bombs but did not tell the Cochin people. Perhaps Nong Zhigao himself felt that
I want to let the Cochin people experience such suffering.
Yun Zheng had some regrets. If he had not used gunpowder bombs on the first day of the battle with Li Rizun, he might have used them to make the Prince of Jiaozhi suffer a lot.
The Jiaozhi people disappeared after the catapult was blown up. In order to keep the Jiaozhi people bleeding, Zhou Tong had Li Dezheng escorted over, tied to a pillar, and whipped with a leather whip dipped in water. Each whip left a bloody mark.
At that time, Li Dezheng could still clench his teeth and remain silent. When the clean water was replaced with salt water, he couldn't help but moan. When the furious Zhou Tong clamped the stick on his fingers, Li Dezheng screamed horribly.
Echoing in the valley.
Li Rizun's shrill "Father" made Li Dezheng shut his mouth again. Although sweat was dripping down and the blood vessels on his neck burst out, he remained silent. After being the emperor for many years, how could he?
How could one not know Zhou Tong’s purpose for doing this?
The Jiaozhi people had already begun to attack, and the killing could continue. Zhou Tong ordered his men to loosen the clamp on Li Dezheng's hand. Before he could say anything, Li Dezheng, who was about to split his eyes, spit blood all over his face.
"brute!"
Hearing Li Dezheng's scolding, Yun Zheng smiled and said: "Wars are always full of tricks. Don't blame me. You are used to being an emperor. You naturally understand our purpose. We want your son to come up and die."
Let him shed all his blood here. After his power is weakened, the rest of your princes in Jiaozhi will be ready to take action, and civil war will naturally break out. Only in this way will the south of the Song Dynasty be stable, and Jiaozhi will have no time to go there.
Harassed the Song Dynasty.
Look, I am dedicated to serving the country. I have no personal grudges with you, only national grudges, so you can’t blame me for using all means to deal with you Cochin people, because this is my bounden duty as a general."
Li Dezheng's fingers were twisted suspiciously. Two of his fingers had been cut off by the clamp just now. He asked with trembling hands: "Why don't you negotiate? You Song people are always used to solving problems through negotiation, let alone
The "Tan Yuan Alliance" you signed with the Liao Kingdom is the alliance you recently signed with the Xixia Kingdom, which also guarantees peace between you and the Xixia Kingdom. Why can't you also sit down and negotiate with Jiaozhi and insist on fighting each other?"
Yun Zheng thought for a while and said: "I won't hide it from you. We signed the "Tan Yuan Alliance" with the Liao State under unfavorable conditions. Although we were the victors at that time, I only came into contact with state affairs after these two.
I understand why Kou Zhun signed this embarrassing contract back then. It was because the Song Dynasty could no longer afford to fight at that time. If he did not sign, the strength of the Song Dynasty would be seriously weakened. Our emperor was already ready to give up on Kaifeng.
City.
As for the alliance with Xixia, the same is true. There is no advantage in fighting and it will only be a waste of national money. The best way is to wait for the opportunity with a truce. It doesn't matter even if you give some money. The money will not be more than the military expenditure of the war.
Gao, besides, we can easily earn back the little money the Xixia people took away through merchants.
As for why you didn’t establish an alliance with you, Jiaozhi, there is actually only one reason. That is that we can defeat you!"
Li Dezheng angrily hit his head on the pillar, but only hit it once before being caught by the guard. He gritted his teeth and watched as the Jiaozhi soldiers loyal to him in the city fell to the ground one after another.
Under the gunpowder bombs, he roared angrily: "In a country without virtue, God will accept you!"
Yun Zheng hid behind the giant shield and carefully looked at the battle situation. He looked back and said to Li Dezheng: "Your captain of the bodyguard made the right decision when you were captured. If you had died gloriously in battle, your son Li Rizun would have died at this time."
It will definitely not be so difficult. He will only fight a war of attrition with me and then pursue us one after another. In this forest, we are guests after all. We are not as familiar with the terrain as you Cochin people. However, because you are alive, your prince cannot
You have to pay such a heavy price for your legitimate succession.
Look at the veteran who was shot like a hedgehog. The flag should be the guard of Yulong Pass. He died standing. In fact, these people were killed by you. You shouldn't take any chances."
When all the people died, the battlefield became quiet. When those carrying ladders and shields walked to the front of the military camp, they encountered a double attack of kerosene and gunpowder bombs. The scene of burning cavalry yesterday was repeated.
Just once.
"This place has become a flesh and blood mill. As long as you are here, this flesh and blood mill will grind all your most loyal courtiers in Jiaozhi into a pulp. This is also one of the purposes of my trip. A divided Jiaozhi is the most suitable."
The interests of the Song Dynasty."
Li Dezheng looked ashen...
A new day has come to an end. Under the cold moonlight, only Li Dezheng is tied to a pillar and is being bitten by mosquitoes. In fact, there are not many mosquitoes that bite him. The corpses of those who were burned to death on the first day and the corpses of the horses emit...
Because of the unpleasant stench, the blood-sucking mosquitoes couldn't stand the pungent smell of kerosene and dared not come over, and the meat-eating night beasts were all attracted to the corpses. For the first time, Li Dezheng discovered that bats also eat meat.
.
Ye Sou came back, and Yun Zheng immediately invited the jungle sage into his military tent, and humbly asked him about the results of today's search of the forest.
"The Cochin army that walked into the jungle did not go behind us, but found another way. This may be good news for you, but it is also bad news. The good news is that these people cannot fight with you immediately.
If they meet to snipe you, the bad news is that the road can barely lead to Qiyuan State. If they get out of the jungle first, they will definitely stop you in Qiyuan State."
Yun Zheng frowned and said, "Are they fully prepared? I mean food and other supplies."
Ye Sou shook his head and said: "It's not sufficient. That road is the most difficult one to walk in the Jiaozhi jungle, and it's still far away. And the other road controlled by the Jiaozhi people will lead to Guangyuan Prefecture. I know you are coming."
That road has been blocked by that time, and everyone coming out of that place will be exterminated by your army. I am afraid that the Cochin people have sent people into that road."
Yun Zheng nodded. He didn't know if the Guangnan army led by Yu Jing could help him block that road. However, Guangyuan Prefecture was already an epidemic area. Li Rizun, who had no other options, might send dead soldiers to try. After all, he
There are simply too many troops under his command.
I underestimated Li Dezheng's sons and thought they would seize the throne under the most difficult circumstances. But until now, there is still no movement outside. This is unreasonable.
The last merchants to leave have arrived at the first station safely. This is a good sign. It shows that these merchants are indeed working very hard to go home and can still achieve such efficiency despite being overloaded with goods. It is very gratifying.
For two consecutive days, Li Rizun never sent troops to attack the military stronghold, and even the harassment at night stopped. His men were widening the roads in the canyon day and night. Only when a wide enough road was opened, their large-scale siege
Only equipment can be brought in.
The camps on the cliffs on both sides have been under increasingly intensive attacks. The Jiaozhi people have opened up countless roads on the mountains. Soldiers like ants emerge from the dense forest and attack the camps crazily. Xiaolin and Liang Ji are each on the mountain.
During the battle, a large number of wounded and bodies of the dead were transported every day. In just one day, Wu Sheng's army suffered thousands of casualties.
Yun Zheng looked at the flames rising on the mountains and shook his head helplessly. This was Xiao Lin and Liang Ji's last defense method. All the kerosene carried by the entire army was poured on the green vines and trees.
The fire caused countless Cochin people to scurry through the opened paths.
Yun Zheng sincerely hoped that the fire on both sides could burn for a while longer and help him hold back the Cochin people, but a light spring rain completely frustrated his wish.
There was little hope of holding on here. Although it was one day earlier than originally planned, he still issued the order to evacuate the wounded soldiers and ordered the entire army to hold on until night.
This was the longest night Yunzheng had ever spent in his life. The Jiaozhi people who suffered heavy casualties finally retreated. When Xiaolin and Liang Ji stood in front of Yunzheng, he could hardly recognize the two people he was most familiar with.
people.
Xiaolin's leg was stabbed with a transparent hole by a spear, while Liang Ji's face had a huge wound extending from his forehead to his face.
He personally put the two of them on the back of an elephant, ordered Lang Tan to open the way in front, and Ye Sou personally led them to retreat to the forest overnight. Yun Zheng rejected Wu Jie's suggestion to burn down the military stronghold, and after repelling a wave of temptations
After their enemy, they took advantage of the moonlight and entered the dark forest... (To be continued)